Chapter 986: Your Grandpa is Still Your Grandpa

Xie Fang was already here, having found the woman he loved, and would soon have a child of his own.

Having a family of his own.

Even, having a home and country of his own.

And having so many people who respected him.

"General!"

"General's Lady!"

"Princess, Princess!"

He looked down; those soldiers were all looking up at him on the watchtower, revealing sincere smiles and expressions of worship.

Xie Fang smiled faintly.

He had not expected that his own flight would actually lead him to a rebirth.

Java Island.

During this time, he had also learned where the geographical location of this Java Island actually was... the southernmost part of Nanyang. When he first learned this news, Xie Fang was undoubtedly devastated.

So far away?

How did he even make it over here?

At that time, he had still wanted to return to Longyan as soon as possible to inherit the throne. But in reality, he already understood in his heart that he had become a sinner to his people; how could he go back? Even if he did return, given his Imperial Father's personality, he would certainly be deposed. Then... he would be cast into the cold palace, or exiled to the frontier, to end his life there.

If he just laid flat, that would be fine, but the key was that his lifelong reputation would be gone just like that.

Living a muddled life, carrying the weight of infamy to the grave.

Compared to starting over here, Xie Fang chose the latter.

However...

Nanyang.

After learning the specific location, a sense of powerlessness still arose in Xie Fang's heart.

Because right above his head were the remnants of the Great Tang! To the militarily strong remnants of the Great Tang, this tiny speck of land, Java Island, was simply nothing. It was precisely because the Nanyang Xie Clan looked down on this backwater of Java Island that they couldn't be bothered to send troops to conquer it, especially since this group of natives was of little use to the Nanyang Xie Clan, which was what gave Java Island its space to survive.

Want to fight back to Longyan?

Xie Fang was desperate at the time. He couldn't even defeat the Nanyang Xie Clan, so what was there to say about Longyan.

Just lay low.

Just keep laying low like this.

So now, although Xie Fang lived a prosperous and happy life, full of energy every day, in reality, he was still a bit lost.

Two hundred and fifty thousand troops...

At any rate, he now had two hundred and fifty thousand troops; although the Weaponry and Equipment were uneven and the combat effectiveness could not be guaranteed, one still had to have ambition.

He discovered that he had absolutely no room for development or expansion.

He had been compressed to the very bottom of this world.

For the past six months, he had not thought of any Method to make any contact with the Longyan side. Because he felt that although he was lost now, he was living very happily and very fulfillingly.

After finishing his meal.

He stood up again and took a deep breath.

Take it one step at a time.

He decided that, next, he would copy the homework and follow Liu Zheng's plan for developing Liangzhou to slowly develop Java Island. Once developed, why fear an unclear future? Once developed, why worry about having no goals?

"Do it!"

For a moment, Xie Fang was filled with soaring ambition.

After giving instructions regarding the training of the soldiers here, he would next go to worry about the construction matters of this Java Island.

At this time, Xie Fang did not yet know.

In reality, it was not that he had no room for expansion; it was just that he had not yet seen how big this world truly was. When he slowly developed in the future, and when his Warship fleet began to take shape, he would realize just how sweet his position actually was.

Because.

Java Island was just too close to a New World, the gateway to a new world, Australia...

Of course.

At this moment, he did not know how bright his future was.

He also did not know that he was already "dead" in Longyan...

Java Island was just too far from Longyan.

The Prince of Wei had indeed sent out many ships.

Liu Zheng had done the same.

In fact, Liu Zheng's fleet had already begun to be active in the Pacific Ocean a long time ago. The Great Age of Discovery was originally one of Liu Zheng's grand plans. It was just that in this space, he had not encountered the Dutch Empire, nor had he encountered the tyrannical British Fleet.

Su Qi, as Liu Zheng's Commander of the navy, had been drifting on this vast sea for who knows how long with over a dozen Yinzhou ships.

The task Liu Zheng gave him was to familiarize himself with this sea area.

There was no specific goal; wherever they went, they had to record the Geography, characteristics, climate, islands, plants, and so on and so forth for every place—all kinds of factors—and then earnestly and detailedly create a sea map.

Liu Zheng did not like doing things without a plan.

Since ancient times, the ocean had always been mysterious, unknown, and terrifying to humanity. Of course, what those who loved sailing wanted was the exploration and conquest of the ocean. Su Qi was just such a person. No matter how many hardships or storms there were, they were not afraid. Because these would all become their experience for the future.

These maps and information would also become some of the most precious data for the Longyan Empire and even for human history.

"General, look over there, look!"

At this moment, Su Qi was standing at the bow of the ship when a sailor suddenly exclaimed.

"An island!"

"Another island!"

"Haha, we haven't seen this island before!"

"Right, it's a new one!"

"Go over and take a look!"

Su Qi immediately gave the order.

Everyone became excited, and the fifteen Yinzhou warships sailed toward the newly discovered small island. Every time such an ownerless island was discovered, it was always a happy and exciting thing. Because it was filled with too many unknowns and surprises.

"Remember, if there are natives on the island, you are not allowed to harass them!"

"We must have the demeanor of a great power, the etiquette of a great power!"

"Yes!"

"My son, my son..."

Longyan Jinghua.

Xie Tianyao woke up from a nightmare once again, clawing and shouting, opening his bloodshot eyes while covered in cold sweat.

"Emperor..."

"Emperor!"

"Imperial Physician, come quickly, come quickly!"

The group of people in the Yangxin Hall began to bustle about again.

"My son, my son..."

Xie Tianyao's emotions finally stabilized with great difficulty, but his face was still covered in cold sweat.

Grand Eunuch Zhou sighed.

The death of Xie Fang still dealt a certain blow to Xie Tianyao. Although Xie Fang was not promising enough while he was alive, he could be considered the best of a bad lot, and he also represented the majesty of the Longyan imperial family... As long as he was not dead, that majesty remained, but now that he was dead, the situation had changed all at once.

And.

It was a massive change.

Once Xie Fang died, the Old Aristocrats began to act frequently without restraint, starting to support those incompetent princes everywhere, and now they had made the atmosphere in Longyan foul and chaotic, with people feeling panicked.

But there was no Method.

The power of the Old Aristocrats was still very strong.

"Emperor, Emperor..."

Xie Tianyao's emotions finally calmed down with great difficulty.

"Vice Minister Liu, where has he reached?"

His sunken eyes made him look somewhat terrifying.

"He has reached Jinzhou..."

Grand Eunuch Zhou sighed.

Vice Minister Liu, oh Vice Minister Liu.

Why are you so capable of causing trouble... Even if you really found the Crown Prince's corpse, wouldn't it have been fine to just throw it away?

You had to turn this Longyan into its current state.

However...

Grand Eunuch Zhou also understood that this was the best Method for Vice Minister Liu to protect himself.

As expected.

Young Master Liu.

Still your Young Master Liu...

Your uncle is still your uncle.

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